Thieves rob recycling center

STOCKTON - Employees of a recycling center were held at gunpoint while thieves stole money from a parked car Saturday morning in the 5100 block of Holiday Drive, police said.

One of the thieves approached the employees and pointed a handgun at them while the other smashed out the window of a vehicle that was parked at the recycling center, authorities said. They took a bag containing money from the vehicle and ran away.

One of the robbers was described as a Latino man 18 to 20 years old standing 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build, a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. The other was described as a Latino man standing 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build, a red hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.

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